Risk for transmission of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus by blood transfusion

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 722-723

  Matsumoto, Chieko ^a   Sobata, Rieko ^a   Uchida, Shigeharu ^a   Hidaka, Takao ^a   Momose, Syunya ^a   Hino, Satoru ^a   Satake, Masahiro ^a   Tadokoro, Kenji ^a  

^a SUWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950636597     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1604.091795     Document Type: Letter

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